Topband: E51D Approximate Low Band Schedule Sep02

[Michael Walker]

Thanks George for the Q

Here at 6am ET north of Toronto, you are booming in at S7 on my inverted
L.  I didn't even need the beverage antenna.

Mike va3mw

On Sun, Sep 3, 2023 at 7:24 PM Mike Smith VE9AA <ve9aa at nbnet.nb.ca> wrote:

> I made a couple vy incomplete less than studio quality handheld cellphone
> recordings of E51D on TB this morning a while after we ourselves worked.
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> I think the K3TN QSO was the only complete end-to-end QSO I was able to
> get(by accident). (I was just hoping to get a peak around my SR, which
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> I think E51D was in for about an hour…pretty much the same strength as
> this the entire time. If not for the VFO readout, you’d almost think it was
> 20m, the band was so quiet.  Just a lazy Inverted L in the woods here in
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> Thanks again.  The RIB is very cool !
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> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JFaNHy-ou0
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> Mike VE9AA
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> Mike, Coreen & Corey
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> From: Mike Smith VE9AA [mailto:ve9aa at nbnet.nb.ca]
> Sent: September 3, 2023 7:58 AM
> To: 'GEORGE WALLNER'; 'topband at contesting.com'
> Subject: RE: Topband: E51D Approximate Low Band Schedule Sep02
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> Tnx very much for the 160m QSO George & group.
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> I could not get over how gosh darn quiet topband was this morning.
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> Like 20m !
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> You were about 90% copy for about an hour before my SR til SR.
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> 73 es safe travels.
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> Mike VE9AA
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> From: GEORGE WALLNER [mailto:aa7jv at atlanticbb.net]
> Sent: September 2, 2023 9:03 PM
> To: Mike Smith VE9AA; topband at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: Topband: E51D Approximate Low Band Schedule Sep02
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> Mike,
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> More or less the same every SS and SR. Keep an eye on the clusters.
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> But last night I called CQ on 1810.5 from 0815 to 0930 with only one
> caller, despite multiple RBN reports. I QSY to 80 when no takers on 160.
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> GL and 73,
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> George
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> On Sat, 2 Sep 2023 15:45:04 -0300 "Mike Smith VE9AA" wrote:
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> I hope I am not reading this message 1 day too late.  Been swamped at work
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> and could not look 4 U before now.
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> Today was my birthday and I overslept for the 160m @ 0900z thing.  Rats !~
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> Will you be on again at 0900Z on Sept 3rd/4th too George?
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> VE9AA (GL/SR ~ 0930z-0945z)
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